Fifth Brahmana

1. In the beginning this (world) was water. Water produced the true,
and the true is Brahman. Brahman produced Praghpati, Pragâpati the
Devas (gods). The Devas adore the true (satyam) alone. This satyam
consists of three syllables. One syllable is sa, another t(i), the
third yam. The first and last syllables are true, in the middle there
is the untrue. This untrue is on both sides enclosed by the true, and
thus the true preponderates. The untrue does not hurt him who knows
this.

2. Now what is the true, that is the Aditya (the sun), the person
that dwells in yonder orb, and the person in the right eye. These two
rest on each other, the former resting with his rays in the latter, the
latter with his prânas (senses) in the former. When the latter is on
the point of departing this life, he sees that orb as white only, and
those rays (of the sun) do not return to him.

3. Now of the person in that (solar) orb Bhuh is the head, for the
head is one, and that syllable is one; Bhuvah the two arms, for the
arms are two, and these syllables are two; Svar the foot, for the feet
are two, and these syllables are two. Its secret name is Ahar (day),
and he who knows this, destroys (hanti) evil and leaves (gahati) it.

4. Of the person in the right eye Bhuh is the head, for the head is
one, and that syllable is one; Bhuvah the two arms, for the arms are
two, and these syllables are two; Svar the foot, for the feet are two,
and these syllables are two. Its secret name is Aham (ego), and he who
knows this, destroys (hanti) evil and leaves (gahati) it.